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  • 28-07-2008 7:37pm
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    Pen1987
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    Seems to cop a fair bit of slack on here from certain people.

    I proudly say I'm a fan. Its the funniest place to go ever when youre in the type of mood for a no holes barred, go nuts type session.

    Good things about it.

    Smoking area, great atmosphere

    The fact nobody gives a bollocks what youre wearing or what brand it is

    Nobody under 21

    Everyone whos there is on a session, otherwise they wouldnt go to Coppers. Admittedly if youre not up for a laugh on it can be a nightmare because everyone seems so nuts!

    Beautiful women (lads, you'd be surprised, get it on the right night and its top notch)

    Not expensive to go in, fiver at the door, cheaper than most spots

    Drink isnt an absolute rip off. 4.90 for the cider on tap, Cashels I think its called

    Stays open later than everywhere else

    The only nightclub in the city where you could go in on a tuesday and it would still be hopping and everyone would be up for a laugh

    No Dublin 'boyooooossss' (I'm a Dub)

    Bad things

    They fill it FAR to much on a friday and saturday, I dont like it on either of these nights

    The queue is MILES long on a weekend night, although it does move pretty quickly

    Collecting your jacket afterwards can take years


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    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    Pen1987 wrote: »
    Seems to cop a fair bit of slack
    Me likes what you did there! :)
    Its the funniest place to go ever when youre in the type of mood for a no holes barred, go nuts type session.
    The phrase is actually no holds barred but apparently no hole is barred (as in, out of bounds) there so that seems appropriate ;)
    I've never been there but what you're describing is the Dublin version of Cork's Reardens. To each their own, but I just could not stick it.


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    Rowley Birkin QC
    Registered Users Posts: 6,230 ✭✭✭Rowley Birkin QC


    I also like the fact that the D4 heads and jackeens alike are scared off by its popularity with us culchies. Good spot to go to every so often, once every 3 wks or so is plenty.


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    Pen1987
    Closed Accounts Posts: 870 ✭✭✭Pen1987


    Dudess wrote: »
    Me likes what you did there! :)

    The phrase is actually no holds barred but apparently no hole is barred (as in, out of bounds) there so that seems appropriate ;)
    I've never been there but what you're describing is the Dublin version of Cork's Reardens. To each their own, but I just could not stick it.

    Yes I know, there was a reason for that mistake.

    I couldnt stick it two weekends in a row myself, but one weeknight a week is always perfect.


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    rmacm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,039 ✭✭✭rmacm


    Pen1987 wrote: »
    Smoking area, great atmosphere

    Can get very packed at weekends and there isn't really much pleasure having a smoke when it's like that. Although if there aren't too many people in the place the smoking area can be nice.
    Pen1987 wrote: »
    The fact nobody gives a bollocks what youre wearing or what brand it is

    Meh I don't really care what people think of what I'm wearing so it wouldn't bother me one way or the other.

    Pen1987 wrote: »
    Nobody under 21

    Hahaha, I've been in the place with a few people who were under 21 so I don't know how you figure that there's no one under 21 in there.
    Pen1987 wrote: »
    Not expensive to go in, fiver at the door, cheaper than most spots

    It was a tenner in the last time I was there and that wasn't all that long ago.
    Pen1987 wrote: »
    They fill it FAR to much on a friday and saturday, I dont like it on either of these nights

    I'd tend to agree with this the amount of people they get in there is insane at times. I think the main reason the place gets a lot of slagging is its rep as a cattle mart. There's a lot of other places you can go and have a "no holds/holes barred session" without having the atmosphere of a cattle mart.


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    eirebhoy
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    Pen1987 wrote: »
    Bad things

    They fill it FAR to much on a friday and saturday, I dont like it on either of these nights
    That alone turns me off. You're literally squashed in the place on a Saturday night.

    I don't think they're strict on over 21 btw. It just gives them a reason to turn young lads they don't like the look of.


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    Creamy Goodness
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    two things i hate about it.

    how packed it gets.

    getting glass stuck in my shoes and picking it out for the next week.


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    Jay D
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    The fact nobody gives a bollocks what youre wearing or what brand it is
    Sure what does it matter when you can't see below most shoulders due to the over crowding?
    Nobody under 21
    Yeah right....
    Beautiful women (lads, you'd be surprised, get it on the right night and its top notch)
    They're everywhere, skanks are there too, they're everywhere.
    Not expensive to go in, fiver at the door, cheaper than most spots
    Fiver into a late pub, how anyone could consider that a club is beyond me.
    Stays open later than everywhere else
    No it doesn't.
    The only nightclub in the city where you could go in on a tuesday and it would still be hopping and everyone would be up for a laugh
    You obviously haven't been out too much, only, compared to where?
    They fill it FAR to much on a friday and saturday, I dont like it on either of these nights

    Who in their right mind would get enjoyment out of this?

    Coppers is an over rated kip.


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    Pen1987
    Closed Accounts Posts: 870 ✭✭✭Pen1987


    Quote:
    The only nightclub in the city where you could go in on a tuesday and it would still be hopping and everyone would be up for a laugh
    You obviously haven't been out too much, only, compared to where?

    Someone got out of the bed on the wrong side this morning, was your reddy brek to cold aswell? I've been out plently, thanks for enquiring. Compared anywhere else attracting the same type of 20-25 year old middle class crowd. Where else is hopping on a tuesday then? The majority of places arent even open, let alone open until 3.30 and full.
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    They fill it FAR to much on a friday and saturday, I dont like it on either of these nights
    Who in their right mind would get enjoyment out of this?

    Maybe thats why it was in the 'BAD THINGS ABOUT COPPERS' part of the list.


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    stovelid
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    bigkev49 wrote: »
    I also like the fact that the D4 heads and jackeens alike are scared off by its popularity with us culchies.

    Us 'jackeens' also like the fact that it's guaranteed to keep a couple of hundred of the more egregious boggers from other local clubs, 7 days a week.


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    MIN2511
    Registered Users Posts: 5,398 ✭✭✭MIN2511


    Pen1987 wrote: »
    Seems to cop a fair bit of slack on here from certain people.

    I proudly say I'm a fan. Its the funniest place to go ever when youre in the type of mood for a no holes barred, go nuts type session.

    Good things about it.

    Smoking area, great atmosphere

    The fact nobody gives a bollocks what youre wearing or what brand it is

    Nobody under 21

    Everyone whos there is on a session, otherwise they wouldnt go to Coppers. Admittedly if youre not up for a laugh on it can be a nightmare because everyone seems so nuts!

    Beautiful women (lads, you'd be surprised, get it on the right night and its top notch)

    Not expensive to go in, fiver at the door, cheaper than most spots

    Drink isnt an absolute rip off. 4.90 for the cider on tap, Cashels I think its called

    Stays open later than everywhere else

    The only nightclub in the city where you could go in on a tuesday and it would still be hopping and everyone would be up for a laugh

    No Dublin 'boyooooossss' (I'm a Dub)

    Bad things

    They fill it FAR to much on a friday and saturday, I dont like it on either of these nights

    The queue is MILES long on a weekend night, although it does move pretty quickly

    Collecting your jacket afterwards can take years

    Dude what Coppers are ya talking about?

    It's a tenner to get in! You can't see anyone in there, its packed with d4's and wannabe's the lads have bleached blonde hair and fake tan, they grab girls butts, the girls think they are too posh! With their juicy couture, A&F and Mac make up.

    It's a KIP!!!!!

    And majority of the people there were less than 21!!!!!
    Smoking area.... great atmosphere:rolleyes:


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    Jay D
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    Pen1987 wrote: »
    Someone got out of the bed on the wrong side this morning, was your reddy brek to cold aswell? I've been out plently, thanks for enquiring. Compared anywhere else attracting the same type of 20-25 year old middle class crowd. Where else is hopping on a tuesday then? The majority of places arent even open, let alone open until 3.30 and full.



    Maybe thats why it was in the 'BAD THINGS ABOUT COPPERS' part of the list.

    I was just hightlighting the place's facts, dunno why you're getting touchy about it. How long are you drinking there?


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    Tight Ted
    Registered Users Posts: 595 ✭✭✭Tight Ted


    Pros: 1. It's the only place in town that you're gauranteed a crowd any night of the week. Especially on student nights.

    2. The majority of people there are up for the craic.

    Cons: It gets WAY too overfilled on busy nights. Once or twice it's been so packed I thought I was going to die.


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    Bluetonic
    Registered Users Posts: 7,588 ✭✭✭Bluetonic


    Pen1987 wrote: »
    Nobody under 21
    Pen1987 wrote: »
    Compared anywhere else attracting the same type of 20-25 year old middle class crowd.
    Which is it?


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    hussey
    Registered Users Posts: 6,240 ✭✭✭hussey


    Pros: Getting some nurse action

    Cons: Being on the Ray D'Arcy show


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    Dudess
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    rmacm wrote: »
    Meh I don't really care what people think of what I'm wearing so it wouldn't bother me one way or the other
    Yeah, me too.

    This cattle mart concept - it's the same for Reardens, the Cork Coppers (I had to endure two hen nights there). Is it not in serious breach of fire safety?


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    Dinter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,698 ✭✭✭Dinter


    Been in there a couple of times unplanned and they've been pretty good nights.

    Although in all fairness most nights out are usually pretty good or you wouldn't bother.

    Unless a place is a right kip it's the crowd you're with who'll give you a good or bad night.


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